One Grande Caramel Frappucino = 6 Krispy Kreme Donuts

Cool Drinks ...

Got your attention?

Ok, I love, love, love iced coffee right around this time of year!  Apparently it is the trend of the season with all ages, especially highschoolers (is that a word?)  who carry around their Starbucks or Dunkin' Donuts cups as an accessory lately!

I remember that age well.  You didn't have to worry about too much as far as what you were eating until you realized you were starting to stay poofy ... not a skinny little kid like you used to be.  Right?  Fast forward to the nineties and everything went to fat free.  Remember Snack Well cookies?  OMG.  Loved them.  Thought I could eat them and not get fat because, you know, they're fat free right?  Lol!  Anyway, I digress.  I do have a point to this post ... hang on.

So these blended drinks are big sellers now.   Just wanted to share a secret they're not telling you unless you look up the nutritional info (which is available if you look).  If you buy a Grande Caramel Frappucino (that's only 16 oz) topped with whipped cream and caramel sauce you would be taking in the equivalent of 6 Krispy Kreme donuts!  Six donuts in one 16 oz drink!

That is actually 64 grams of sugar!  Click here for details!

That is equivalent to 16 teaspoons of sugar!

Dunkin' Donuts also has info available on all their drinks.  Click here for  the 16 oz Vanilla Bean Coolatta.  Unfortunately it has 87 grams of sugar! 

Which is over the daily recommended amount of sugar we should be taking in by 40 - 50 grams!
 Again, don't hate me.  I say have your treat every once in awhile.  Just remember you could easily cut the sugar by going plain jane ... get a plain iced coffee and add your own sugar.  One teaspoon is equal to 4 grams.  The syrups they are using to flavor these blended drinks are filled with ingredients you cannot even pronounce.  My rule is:  if you cannot pronounce it, don't eat it.  
*See list at bottom

If you had one of those fancy drinks every day for a week, you would be consuming 448 grams of sugar over 7 days.  That is 112 teaspoons of sugar in a week or 1792 calories just in sugar alone!

If you're trying to stay healthy, trying to keep yourself from being a slave to sugar, do your body a favor and make your own.  It's easy, much more affordable.  I'm not getting into the "light" versions available but you can check out the list below.  That scares me.  Eat and drink real food that you can pronounce.  Simple. 

Light Coffee Frappuccino Syrup (US version): Water, sugar, Erythritol (E968), Natural Flavors, Salt, Carageenan (E407), Xanthan Gum (E415), Maltodextrin, Preservative: Potassium Sorbate (E202), Citric Acid (E330), Reb A, Color: Caramel (E150d, E150b) Contains Milk & Gluten!

We all know how we are eating too much sugar ... and how type 2 diabetes is growing at about 8% partially due to obesity.  Let's do ourselves a favor and get the added sugar out of our diets now before it ends up costing more than that $4.00 a cup. 

Off to take advantage of the sunlight and get some of the vitamin D out there!
Have a beautiful day!
Krista